The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 ...

Norm Geisinger is 82 years old, and he owns an 85-year-old bonsai tree that’s less than two feet tall. He’s owned the Lace-bark Chinese elm for 25 years. He’s the third owner.

Planting depth is key to a successful long-term tree. You want to dig a hole so the root ball sits on undisturbed soil. If you break up the soil in the bottom of the hole, the ball will settle over ...

Guidry spotted a cluster of the miniature trees in his neighbor's backyard ... in Washington, D.C. "Growing bonsai is just like growing [or nurturing] a dog or a cat or having a child.

For more than 50-years, a tiny movement has grown in the East Bay thanks to Dennis Makishima. He is considered by many, a master of Aesthetic Pruning, and an influential figure in California's bonsai ...

I didn’t even know what bonsai was back then. I just loved planting and nurturing trees around my house. I used to look at the big trees on the streets and wonder how they keep growing without any ...

Part of the principle of aesthetic pruning and bonsai is ... his influence and legacy continue to grow, through the students he has taught and the trees he has touched. I was born in Oakland ...